linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 1/2] PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:25:55 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jon Mason <jon.mason@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/2] PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 05:26:33PM -0700, Jon Mason wrote:
> +struct ntb_transport_qp;
> +
> +struct ntb_client {
> +	char *name;
> +	int (*probe) (struct pci_dev *pdev);
> +	void (*remove) (struct pci_dev *pdev);
> +};

Why isn't this tied into the driver model?  That looks like you really
want to use a 'struct device' here, right?

Then you have drivers that bind to them, and your devices show up in
sysfs, which is probably a requirement you have, right?

greg k-h
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